In general, the proposal meets the objectives of the challenge settings of this round and it makes the Cardano easy and attracts a lot of talented developers to dive deeper into the Cardano Blockchain world. On the one hand, The solution provided the Haskell and Plutus course to the developers community in Vietnam and brings a wide range of benefits for The Cardano ecosystem. Firstly, The team gives knowledge and the right mindset to the community of crypto investors in Vietnam to avoid scam blockchain projects. There are over 1000 trainees who have joined other courses in the last 5 years. And now, they want a free course instead of trainees having to pay a tuition fee of 10,000,000 VND (~400 USD) as an IOG company and they also said that if this proposal is funded, thousands of Vietnamese trainees will learn free. The course will be held on 2 weekend days in Ha Noi and Ho Chi Minh City. They transfer the contents of the program and check student capacity through case study and practical exercises. At the same time, the team members support new trainees by organizing questions and asking talk shows based on the Telegram Online platform. Likewise, the proposal also shows relevant links, media and videos on GitHub and YouTube websites to provide to detail information. However, I do not see the team mentioning the number of trainees per course, lesson duration, number of lessons, how many students maximum or what is the minimum number of students before the course starts? In terms of addressing the challenge, It is a great idea because the course addresses the challenge. To be more specific, the course not only provides knowledge, skills, but also creates a good background to seek more job opportunities in the blockchain world. As for the main risk, the project shows the outbreak of the Covid-19 pandemic is one of the main reasons affecting the development of the program. Nevertheless, the team solved this problem by online teaching through Zoom platform, which leads to ensure the schedule of the proposal. Besides, if the pandemic controlled, the trainees come back class to join in face-to-face course.

The aim of this proposal is to give more education to developers in Vietnam regarding the technical aspect of the Cardano blockchain, such as Haskell, Plutus, and Marlowe programming language. This gap in skills make it hard for developers to start building products that are integrated in Cardano. The proposed solution is to conduct courses explaining the Marlowe language to Vietnam developers to raise their technical knowledge of the Cardano blockchain. Like the blockchain course that has also been proposed in this Fund, the purpose of this proposal is to ask for a funding so that these courses can be given out for free (usually participants pay a fee of 400 USD). Each course will be held in 2 weekend days and the proposer has also provided a syllabus that will be discussed in the courses, which includes introduction to Marlowe and smart contracts, using basic Marlowe CLI, how to write smart contracts, case studies and practical exercises (loan, monthly payment, auction, swaps, simple lock ADA), as well as other topics (Haskell, Plutus, Glow). From the syllabus given, it seems that the purpose of this project is to give basic knowledge and skills of using the Marlowe programming language as an introductory course for Vietnam developers to get into the Cardano blockchain. Overall, I think this proposal is aligned with the challenge setting objective of getting “a bigger talent pool of developers that Catalyst projects can collaborate with and turn project concepts/Proof of concept into successful protocols which would enhance the growth of Cardano” by providing fundamental techincal knowledge and practical exercises for developers interested in the Cardano blockchain.

“Marlowe Course for Vietnam Devs” is a good idea, oriented and in my opinion, it meets the challenge “Developer Ecosystem”. The beginning of the proposal emphasized an important and quite interesting issue today, that is: “Developers in Vietnam are difficulty with Haskell, and Plutus programming languages, so it is challenging to start with building an application that integrates with Blockchain Cardano.” I completely agree with this issue because Blockchain technology is still a relatively new concept for many people. I just started to know and learn about Blockchain not long ago. However, through the process of researching, I realized that Blockchain technology, Cardano is a very potential ecosystem and has more and more practical applications in life. Currently, many newcomers are still vague in finding direction, but because they do not have enough knowledge and conditions to make them lose their direction, or fall into scam traps, this makes them even more distant from leaving the community, this is quite a pity. Therefore, providing free Marlowe courses, and helping many Vietnamese people to learn and write smart contracts on the Cardano platform by themselves is very necessary and suitable for this challenge. The proponent stated the fact that 5 years ago there were more than 1000 students registered for the course and I believe that by now this number has increased a lot. Thereby, it can be seen that the impact of the problem is relatively large. The course is held regularly every 2 months and is held in big cities such as Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh, where many students and workers gather. Moreover, the time to organize the course on the weekend will be very convenient for students who register to participate. The content of the course is also prepared and planned in detail by the proponent, in a logical sequence. The solution proposed by the proponent I found identified most of the problems of this challenge. By showing the actual situation, the impact of the problem has been shown. The course will give inexperienced programmers a good start in the Blockchain world, then when they have enough knowledge and practical experience, they will be able to build and develop their careers or they can form and join other project groups. I think that, when they have individual successes of their own, it is also the overall success of the Cardano Blockchain community. In order to successfully implement the project, the proponent also anticipated the risks. The potential risk mentioned here is that the outbreak of the Covid 19 pandemic will prevent the course from being held on schedule. However, along with those risks, the proposed team also has solutions and solutions to overcome that difficulty by opening online courses. In this part, my personal opinion is that currently, we are mainly organizing offline courses in places like Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh, only opening online classes when there is an outbreak of disease. However, in other provinces, when there are not enough conditions and opportunities to organize an offline course, if possible, the group will also organize an online course so that those who are not present in Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh can also register to attend. I think it's also an option to expand Cardano's popularity and influence on the community.

The problem is that it is difficult for developers to build applications using Haskell and Plutus. The solution to the problem is to organize a free course on Blockchain Cardano. The course is held in two of Vietnam's largest centers, Hanoi capital, and Ho Chi Minh City. The proposal is aimed at Vietnamese programmers who need to improve their knowledge of Blockchain, especially about the Marlowe language, to apply to programming work. The project is also in line with the goal of catalyst in fund 9. The project helps to develop the community, building a community that is willing and able to contribute to the development of Cardano I give 5 points.

The project presented as free course is great deal where students get to learn languages from basic form , As we Plutus and Haskell languages are even difficult for expert developers sometimes, and hence directly leaping into such projects/languages will no way keep students steady , it will still create more chaos and uneasiness in learning , hence by teaching Marlowe which is used for modeling financial instruments as smart contracts on a blockchain. where it is used to designed for people who are business engineers or subject experts can be a better option which can help the students to make the carrier out of it Hence this proposal effectively addresses the challenge.

The purpose and audience of this project are clear and strongly linked to the requirements of this Challenge. The proponent's prospect is through the Haskell and Plutus programming language courses for new developers in Vietnam to give them a good start in joining and contributing on the Cardano blockchain. Having implemented Blockchain courses before and owning a fairly solid student base (1000 people) shows the proposer's ability to well implement the project according to the proposed plan as well as the right approach target audience from the outset. The content of the course is also clearly presented and the learning path is designed to suit the target audience and their need to learn from basic to advance. The risk of the covid 19 epidemic affecting the organization of the course has also been thoroughly studied by the proponent and offered flexible alternatives.

I admire the goals of this project, which is to organize Marlowe and Haskell training classes for developers in Vietnam. Marlowe is a utility tool created by Cardano to facilitate the development of smart contracts with its intelligent drag-and-drop interface. However, it is not yet fully developed and widely implemented. If the community approves this proposal, hundreds of trainees in Vietnam will be able to learn the programming language for free, giving them a head start in building apps that use Smart-contracts. The proposer has also outlined how the initiative will assist the Cardano ecosystem by encouraging more Vietnamese developers to join in Catalyst. Therefore, I am confident that this idea meets the requirements of the challenge.

"As the course is one of the next steps of former project, which create chances for Vietnamese developers to get familiar with Haskell and Plutus Programming languages. This proposal has a meaning when it aims to popularize the courses for Vietnamese trainees who tends to work professionally in the Blockchain platform and increase a number of talented and honest developers for Cardano community. As the project inherited from former success, the proposer can add more case-studies to prove the effectiveness of the solutions. Key metrics of the project are currently similar to the expectations after completing the course. Expectation ideas are aligned with what the project tends to do to solve the challenge. However, it still lacks quantitative and qualitative indicators, which help them track the progress easier. So, it will be better to put concrete indicators in the proposal. Risk management already brainstormed and included by proposal’s team. Mostly, they challenged with the social distancing if happened due to outbreak of pandemic, however, solutions were mentioned clearly and feasibly. Intention of expansion was mentioned in general manner. So, the proposer can add more detailed information about the future. "

The idea of ​​the proposal is to organize free courses on Marlowe. More about Marlowe, Marlowe is a DSL domain-specific language embedded in Haskell. They provide financial contracts for the blockchain, helping people writing can be easily programmed without requiring too much expertise. The funding funded for this proposal will be used entirely to organize FREE courses. This will attract a large number of people, a large number of participants, especially interns in Vietnam to accumulate this useful source of knowledge. Adding more programming engineers for companies building products on the Cardano blockchain. I completely agree with the project's impact on the goals that the "Developer Ecosystem" challenge offers. The proposal has a great meaning, continuing the spirit of IOG that turns all intellectual property into assets for society.

The proposal is well aligned with the challenge setting of the Dev Ecosystem because it provides the Marlowe/Haskell Course for Vietnamese Devs in the Vietnamese language. This is very important for the Devs community especially after Cardano has deployed Smart Contract since the 'Alonzo' hark fork since September 2021 and going into the Goguen era. It is very promising as the proposal also mentioned covering related topics of Haskell, Plutus scripts, and Glow. This is a step back to slow down and very healthy for the Devs to back to the basics and build their knowledge in an official and foundational way. The solution is very to the point as the proposer state out the outcome is that "thousands of Vietnamese trainees would have the opportunity to study with zero tuition fees about Cardano Smart Contract. Therefore, more and more talented and honest developers will participate in Cardano Community. This is foundational as the ecosystem will very soon go into Varsil's hard fork with more capabilities' requirements. The risk is also very well articulated as the class mostly in the face-to-face traditional manner. The team also prepare the Zoom platform as a backup yet less preferable option because of the less interaction. It is a recommendation that the team would be more reliable and trustworthy if they can share the original source of the document/material pieces of training or similar agenda of the coursework.

The proposal addresses the practical issue that IT students and developer resources now lack the practice environment and expertise needed to construct dApps on the blockchain platform. The proposal presents convincing arguments for the Challenge since blockchain is a new and less accessible industry, particularly for students who are future developers who lack access and expertise. The purpose of the Marlowe course, which intends to satisfy a challenge requirement, is to offer possibilities and entice developers to engage in the blockchain industry in general, and the Cardano ecosystem in particular. This is a great idea for IT students who are building a real environment and dApp development experience on the blockchain platform, so that the proposal may be developed and scaled up in the future. Students who complete the course will become competent and honest developers, therefore enhancing the Cardano community's quality. The course assists and provides inexperienced programmers with a suitable and advantageous start in the blockchain area, bringing essential information and thinking about Crypto to make the right decisions in investing and practicing, avoiding being scammed. Because the proponent of this course is experienced, they have previously organized courses for 1000 students over a 5-year period. Submit a proposal to provide adequate explanations and reasons. The proposed group also addressed the possibility of not being able to carry out the training as planned due to the pandemic. The proponent's proposal eliminates this risk by organizing the online course using the Zoom platform. Personally, I see another risk that the proponent should consider: as the world's top fuel prices rise, so will inflation in Vietnam, forcing the cost of services to employ human resources and locations to rise appropriately. As a result, the proponent may plan for this risk. This is a great concept for Cardano ecosystem developers who propose the course as experienced experts with strong arguments, thus I give this piece 5 points.

Vietnam is one of the countries with a very large number of people participating in the blockchain field. However, the number of people who understand and participate in the development of the Cardano system is not much. A major barrier for the development team is that learning the programming languages ​​Haskell and Plutus is relatively difficult for them in terms of language and cost. The cost of blockchain courses in Vietnam is relatively high compared to the general income level, and it is especially difficult for students to pay. Recommend Marlowe Course for Vietnam Devs is a good idea to help students, students and enthusiasts with blockchain technology easily access Cardano programming languages. Thereby, it is possible to attract them to participate in the development of the Cardano ecosystem and start a business with proposals on Catalyst.

The proposers want to build a marlowe vietnamese specific course to create more cardano blockchain specific devs into the fold. This is a great idea just like their other proposal that is a bit more general relating to blockchain devs. I belive both proposals have a place and would have a great impact in the ecosystem. The proposers are aligned with the challene setting and woudln't require much funds to realize their idea and create a viatnamese specific course. The course programe is pretty straightforward covering the marlowe basics. The end result will be more generated financial smartcontracts using marlowe so that's a good and most of all measurable KPI. The proposers have done some risk assessment, and I agree the biggest threat they could face is a second pandemic, because these courses will be live. On that note, I could suggest recording their sessions, because it might be usefull for other devs later on and would mitigate the risks. Overall this is a good proposal, targeting vietnam specifically, which I think is good, because some parts of the world can't be reached with english only mentality so it's great to see inclusion of other non-english-speaking countries as well. IMHO this is a worthy project that is sure to have an impact in the limited global space.

The problem is clearly defined in the proposal. Match this challenge item. Due to some language problems, or the lack of tuition fees, it is difficult for most new developers in Vietnam to access and understand the Marlowe programming language. This is the first step for developers to dive deeper into the world of programming on the Cardano blockchain

The problem here meets one of the important requirements of the challenge. It is to attract and train Developers and developers to study and use Marlowe financial contract programming. The scope of influence on the 1-language community. Scope of influence and development in Vietnam. Participants are new programmers developing on the Cardano platform who want to actively build for development on Cardano. In line with the sustainable goal of attracting and increasing developers actively building on Cardano.

Regarding the product of the project, it is proposed to create courses using the Marlowe programming language (Haskell, Plutus, and Glow) for new programmers on Cardano. Proposal to add value to the Cardano ecosystem. With an increase in new developers joining development on Cardano.

Knowledge and experience of programming languages, especially Haskell and Plutus Programming languages. It is a difficulty for application developers in the Cardano Ecosystem in the world and in Vietnam, building applications integrated with Blockchain Cardano is a challenge. Proposed Marlowe Course for Vietnamese Devs to teach for free to make the Cardano blockchain easier for new developers, giving inexperienced developers a head start in the blockchain world. They can then build their own careers by designing applications that use Smart-contracts through the Marlowe programming language, or they can also look for work on other projects. Therefore, this proposal has effectively solved the challenge.

with the uneven development in terms of awareness and proper knowledge of Blockchain, the programming languages ​​​​to be able to use Cardano's smart contracts, because of this limitation, the proposed team decided to apply for funding to, open free classes for knowledge related to the Cardano blockchain, create a premise for the community to be technically savvy and become a developer on the Cardano blockchain in the future, like so this proposal has completely solved the requirement of the challenge on a certain area.

The layout of the proposed group's solution is very convincing, stating why the course is needed, and what is the benefit of the course being organized, moreover the group has stated that, at present, classes are being held on a regular basis and there will normally be a fee for each student. all have specific explanations and evidence for those claims of the proposal. The content in the lessons is carefully planned, the place to hold the sessions is predetermined, and the target group has the needs already in place, no need for marketing or communication,

• this is in line with the analysis and direction of the topic that the community's assets are these lessons, the preparation for them to step into the big wave of "Blockchain technology", I envisioned for the future of how this proposal will provide valuable intellectual property to the community, it's really cool.

Since this is an educational proposal, and it is also being operated normally, there is very little serious risk that can occur, but the proposal team also mentions the possible case of Covid 19. came back, and the very reasonable solution to completely eliminate that risk, by organizing an online lesson through the YouTube channel of the proposed group, so everything was planned, just waiting for the votes. and communities can begin to gather invaluable knowledge for themselves.

It can be seen that the project provided measured methods to follow the development of the proposal. The plan focuses on managing information and analysis based on the platform. For example, the number of developers registered and saved in a file or check homework to know how many developers can practice Marlowe language. It allows audibility of the proposal easily. Besides, the writer also mentioned the milestones or timeline to reach their goal after doing 4 courses. Proposals not only add more Marlowe knowledge and improve level, but also provide potential Vietnam developers to work and effort to the project of the cardano ecosystem. However, this proposal is not rated in Sustainable Development Goals.

The KPIs chosen as a way to measure the success of this project include metrics such as the “number of new registered participants” and the “number of developers able to practice Marlowe language”. The metrics chosen by the proposer were well defined and relevant to measure the success of this project regarding the outreach the project has through the number of new developer participants and the success rate of this project via the Marlowe exercise evaluation. Overall, I think the KPIs are adequate enough to measure the project performance.

In order to measure the progress and success of the project, the proponent has provided criteria that are easy to measure and easy to check. That is, the number of new developers signed up for the course and the number of developers who can practice with the Marlowe language. This is a new proposal, the first time FIMI requires a Marlow course, but with the capabilities and experience that have done other proposals before, I think the probability of the project's success will be high. The success of the project is very clearly defined, that is: hundreds of new developers in Vietnam can practice with the Marlowe programming language to help them develop their careers, and the team creates a team of talented developers. New talented developers in Vietnam can work with other projects that are lacking in human resources. Thereby, the information provided by the group is very clear, transparent, and has high auditability.

The proposal requires a total amount of $26,900 to organize four training sessions in Vietnam. The items are complete and detailed. The budget sheet helps me visualize the spending items of the proposal. All expenditures have a good reason and sufficient explanation. Expense is divided into eight categories, each providing a corresponding cost calculation. Indicators measuring work progress are clearly stated, explaining the indicator's meaning and measurement. There are two metrics to measure. The first is the number of students enrolled in the course. The second is the number of developers who can practice with the Marlowe language. Measure those indicators by tracking through the list of participants and reviewing the results of the exercises. The way of measurement is capable of accurate and easy measurement. It will be perfect if they provide more links or places to store and publish the results so that everyone can check the progress and results of the work.

The proposer could have introduced his team in much more efficient way where it could have added boost to the audit , other than that the audit contains proposed solution in very detailed manner, The proposal has displayed us the content which will be the team covering and has displayed how they are making students to get in touch with Plutus and Haskell without creating any uneasiness while learning with Q&A session held at last via telegram poling ,this shows that audit has every predetermined data ready .With decent budget breaking and timeline provided the information provided is sufficient to audit the progress and the success of the proposal.

The proponent needs to go a step further in clarifying the success metrics/audit roadmap for the project, with a foundation of KPIs that are relevant to the project's inputs and outputs, the author needs to build addition the milestones for the audit, the targets for the KPIs. The plus point is that the proponent has made commitments on reporting progress and project results to the community.

The proposal presents the key performance indicators related to the work outcomes in a way that is straightforward to grasp. The group has compiled list of methods for maintaining student records in order to evaluate class effectiveness. I think it would be helpful if the team provided more information about where they plan to post tracking report so that the community can readily follow them. Eventually, I'm confident that the team will be able to complete this project successfully. If this is the case, it will encourage more programmers to join the Cardano community, which will benefit the entire network.

"Proposer mentioned about how they measure the project’s success in terms of checking the number of course’s participants and the number of application by using Marlowe language. It will be better if they can add expected number and percentage to make all metrics be measurable. At the same time, the way of explaining the success is a part of others project which already implemented in the past and tend to continue in future. This proposal is the first entry of series of courses which might be organized with budget funded by Catalyst. There will be a careful process to consider again about the courses with potential expansion. "

The information to track and check for the project is presented in a fairly complete and detailed way. We can check the team members. We have the data to measure the success of the project (though we have to wait until the end of the course to have the data) like the number of new developers, the number of developers who can use Marlowe. I would like to add one more criterion to increase the count measure project success by the number of Dapp build proposals submitted to Catalyst.

The KPI/OKR indicators are the number of new Devs who register for the course and the number of Devs who can apply the Marlowe language. It is somewhat vague from the PA point of view for the 'ability to practice the Marlowe languages", what should have been improved is the final test and the quantitative to see the post-test results of the course. As mentioned in feasibility, it is also needed an entrance survey/course so that the team can get a grasp understanding of the Devs' needs before joining the Marlowe course. The report channels should be more transparent and updated more frequently instead of one report at the end of the proposal in March 2023, the PA already entered the Telegram group of the current pools of Devs, it is just more than 50 users at the time of the PA entering the group. There should be much more marketing world to attract the Dev into the course. The end success is inspiring, and it could have been more quantitative as the output of the tracked KPI, hundreds of Vietnamese Devs who can practice the Marlowe programming languages. All in all, the auditability part should be improved as per PA's suggestion, in overall it is a very promising and encouraging proposal.

The proposal provides project success metrics such as the number of new developers that have signed up for the course. Another indicator is the amount of developers who are familiar with the Marlowe programming language. These measurement indicators are simple to verify. Furthermore, the proposal clearly illustrates the course's success, since hundreds of new developers in Vietnam can now use the Marlowe programming language. This creates a new generation of brilliant developers in Vietnam who can work on other understaffed projects. One of Cardano's requirements for the Challenge success is to attract more new developers to the ecosystem, which is tied to the Challenge. This is a brand-new idea with no existing test product. As a result, the project's transparency weakens. In this part, I give 4 points.

The 4-course route given by the group is very specific and clear in terms of time and place. I believe the team has prepared very well for the success of this proposal. In addition, the use of the amount of $26,900 is also very transparent and clear. With the experience of using finance to successfully implement proposals in previous Catalyst funds, I believe this time the team will also make good use of the $26,900. What is missing is that you need to be more clear about the KPIs so that the community can easily measure and evaluate the success of the proposal. For example: Through the proposal, how many new members will be able to use Haskell and Plutus languages ​​through which to develop products on the Cardano ecosystem. I believe that if you have all these things, the community will appreciate you more.

Auditability is be greatly improved with a youtube account or any other social platform. My suggestion for the proposers would be to have as much presence and channels in the platforms as possible, because simply having a video of you teaching your course brings more trust to this and following projects you do. As I've said for the other proposal as well, the definition of success needs work, because it quite vague. That makes it hard to measure progress and optimize later on. Also I'm almost sure this project could be a candidate for SDG funding, so I urge the authors to take a look and educate themselves on the SDG possibilities besides project catalyst, because it could be an alternative source of funding for them. Overall an auditable project with a few mentioned caveats, but worth doing.

Expenses are explained and properly allocated. Metrics are clearly stated with specific numbers. Regarding the transparency of the measurement indicators, the community can check the indicators, and update the team's work progress through the statistics of the number of attendees, and the number of courses held (out of the total number of courses). for this budget application is 4 courses). A number of video views on the Youtube channel. The indexes are updated on a shared Google Sheet file for the community to view. The success of the project is described in detail, and easy to understand. With increasing numbers of programmers, new developers in Vietnam can use the Marlowe programming language. Addressing the challenge of reducing the human resource supply of Cardano development projects in general. KPIs are easy to measure and easy to check. Specifically, through the number of new developers who have signed up / attended the course and the number of developers who can practice with the Marlowe language. " This is a follow-up to the Fund 7 funded proposal that is "Reward for Community Translators" with an already Funded $18,000. I appreciate your Fund 7 proposal. So far That project, you guys still continue and develop well, with good reception and feedback from the community. In addition, this is one of two proposals for funding to organize a free course. Another proposal is "Blockchain Course for Vietnam Devs" with the required amount of $22,400 also in this Fund 9." The community can check the measurement indicators and the team's work progress through a Google Sheet file that everyone has access to easily update the progress and weekly data. The Marlowe course will take place immediately after being funded by Catalyst.

The information provided is sufficient for the assessment to assess the progress and success of the proposal over the 6-month period. The course schedule is very reasonable, organized in 2 big cities in Vietnam, Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh. The content of the course is all basic knowledge such as Marlowe's core principles, Haskell, Plutus and Glow programming languages, how to write smart contracts. The proposal gives a lot of evidence of current groups in action such as the FimiDev group for application developers with 55 members, the Blockchain and Crypto course that has been opened in Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City since 2017. So it adds to the confidence of the proposal's success.

The number of new developers signed up for the course, Number of developers able to practice with the Marlowe language, the above are metrics that measure the progress of the proposal for the community to track and verify, in addition to The proposal maker also claims that after the lessons, statistics will be aggregated, and tested by testing exercises to see how many developers can practice the Malowe language on their own. then write a public release report using the proposal's website links or social media platforms.

The proposal has clearly defined goals for success, the number of developers able to program in the Marlowe language, along with measuring the number of developers participating in the Cardano ecosystem all increased through this proposal, it is the success of this proposal. In addition, it may be possible to create a platform for the growth of free classes like this in the future, as a result of the sessions that offer back to the community.